EXT. FIELDS RESIDENCE- AFTERNOON
Whitney pulls into the driveway. Logan and Seth get out of the car, both their book bags strung over one shoulder. They hold the exact same demeanor. Whitney rolls down her window. Logan hands the house key to Seth, who runs off towards the house. Whitney watches him, laughing.
Logan walks around to the drivers' side leaning down to be eye level with her. He props his arms on the window ledge. He thinks about telling Whitney about what just happened at school in the bathroom. He remembers the killers' threat about Brie. The boy decides its best to not bring it up yet.
Whitney can tell that Logan's thinking hard about something. She considers asking him, but thinks better of it.
WHITNEY
You'd better be there tonight.
LOGAN
I'll think about it. Honestly. Are you gonna invite Joey?
WHITNEY
Yes. Especially since I didn't go see him once school let out like I was supposed to. But I'm still shaken up after this morning. I need a little more time. I should be able to talk to him calmly by tonight.
LOGAN
Yeah, good luck with that. Anyways, I'll let you know if I decide to come over.
WHITNEY
You'll be there. I know you.
Logan simply grins in response. He waves as Whitney backs out of the driveway, speeding off. Logan stands in the driveway for several minutes. He looks over at the two cops sitting in their vehicle. They seem to be playing games on their phones.
The teen pulls his phone from his pocket, looking at the messages he has gotten from the killer thus far. He stares down at the screen for a few minutes, then shoves it back into his pocket.
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INT. FIELDS RESIDENCE- LIVING ROOM
Logan lays on the couch, watching an episode of Friends. He has a pillow propping his head up and a black blanket covering him. On the coffee table sits a can of Mtn. Dew and a plate with ketchup stains on it. His phone lies close to the soda can.
On screen, Phoebe is singing her number one hit song, "Smelly Cat". Logan looks as though he is about to fall asleep. His eyes shut, and his breathing evens out. He jumps when someone knocks on the door.
Slowly, he gets up, walking across the living room into the hallway. He opens the door. It's Whitney, Josh, Summer, and Joey. They all wear grins on their faces. They shove past Logan, into his house. All four of them go straight to the living room, taking seats on the love seat and the couch. Logan still stands by the open door, staring at them.
Joey looks at him, questioningly.
JOEY
Well, are you gonna just stand there or are you gonna come hang out with us?
LOGAN
What're you guys doing here?
Logan shuts the door, then walks back into the living room. He sits down on the couch next to Joey.
WHITNEY
You never showed up to my gathering, so I figured we'd bring the gathering to you.
LOGAN
Wait, what time is it?
WHITNEY
It's past ten.
Logan looks confused. He picks up his phone, looking at the time. It reads 10:48. He does a double take.
LOGAN
I must've fell asleep… I didn't mean to sleep that long though…
JOSH
Good job Logan! Way to ruin everyone's night!
Logan looks at Josh. He sits on the love seat, next to Summer. None of this is making sense to him. Suddenly, Josh begins to stare intently at the can of Mtn. Dew sitting on the coffee table.
JOSH
FIELDS! You didn't tell me you had soda!
LOGAN
Uh, maybe because you didn't ask? If you want one, you're welcome to go get it from the kitchen.
Josh jumps up, running out of the room. Whitney laughs like this is just hysterical. Joey smirks, Summer giggles. Logan just looks at them all in confusion.
LOGAN
Where's Savannah and Nathan?
All three of his friends go silent. They all look depressed.
LOGAN
You guys… you're scaring me….
Joey looks Logan in the eyes. He places a hand on his friends' shoulder.
JOEY
Why are you acting so weird? You know that they were attacked… they didn't make it…
Logan's eyes grow wide. Joey looks down at the ground. Whitney looks at Logan like he's crazy. Summer stares at the wall. Logan's face scrunches up in confusion.
LOGAN
What the hell are you talking about? You aren't making any sense….
Logan jumps up, backing away from his friends. Joey and Whitney both stand, trying to calm Logan down.
LOGAN
They didn't die! Both of them are fine! I just talked to them…
Logan bumps into the coffee table, almost falling down. Joey reaches out to help steady him, but Logan swats his hand away. Whitney holds her arms up in the air.
WHITNEY
Logan, you need to calm down. You're just tired after everything that's happened. Let us help-
Suddenly, Josh walks back into the living room, holding a can of Diet Coke. He looks angry.
JOSH
I couldn't find any more Mtn. Dew so I just took this Diet Coke. But I hate Diet Coke!
Immediately after saying this, Josh puts the can to his lips, slurping loudly as he downs the whole thing in just a few seconds. Suddenly, GHOSTFACE pops out from behind the corner, stabbing Josh in the back.
Josh screams in pain, blood pouring from his mouth. Logan, Whitney, and Joey all look terrified, letting out a scream. Summer is still sitting on the love seat, her back turned to Josh. She looks confused.
SUMMER
What are you guys screaming about?
She turns around just as the killer pulls the knife from Josh's back. She lets out a scream as the killer slashes the knife across her neck. She gags, blood shooting out from the wound. Her throat slit, she slumps down falling into the floor. She twitches until her body becomes lifeless.
WHITNEY
Holy shit!
The killer steps over Summer's dead body, holding the knife threateningly. Joey, Logan, and Whitney start backing up. The killer takes another step towards them. Logan picks up a dvd case, throwing it at the killer. It hits him in the head, causing him to grunt in pain. He places two gloved hands on his head. This gives the three teens enough time to run.
They run down the hall, trying to figure out where to go. At this point, if they keep running down the hall, they'll come to a dead end. The only options here are running into bedrooms or the bathroom.
Logan opens the door to his brothers' room, running inside. Joey follows right behind. As Whitney tries to run in, the killer grabs her, pulling her backwards. She lets out a terrified scream as the killer plunges his knife into her stomach. Multiple times. Her yellow T-Shirt is repainted red.
Joey looks back as Logan looks around for a weapon of some sort. There are a bunch of power rangers, super heroes, and legos everywhere in the room. The killer drops Whitney's lifeless body to the floor, stepping into the room.
JOEY
Hurry, Logan!
Logan grabs his brothers' xbox, yanking the cords loose from the tv. He throws it through the window, sending glass shards everywhere.
LOGAN
Come on!
Logan wastes no time climbing out the broken window, not caring about how the glass is cutting his arms and ripping through his clothing. He makes it through. Luckily for him, the window isn't that far up from the ground, so he easily lands on his feet. He turns around to help Joey out, but the killer has already gotten to him.
Logan lets out a gasp when he sees his best friend being stabbed in the chest repeatedly. Joey holds out a hand to Logan for help. Logan clenches his fists as the killer shoves Joey aside. The menacing figure makes his way over to window. Logan runs, turning the corner of the house. He stops, looking back. The killer still hasn't climbed out the window.
Where could he be?
Logan turns to continue running, but he runs directly into GHOSTFACE. The knife slides into his stomach. Logan gasps, blood shooting out his mouth.
LOGAN
…what?
The killer pulls the blade from Logan's stomach. Logan gasps in pain, putting a hand over the wound. Crimson red seeps through his fingers. He looks at the face of a thousand screams. The ghostly figure is reflected in his wide eyes. Slowly, ever so slowly, he reaches a bloody hand out to the face. He grabs the mask, staining the snow white mask with his blood. He pulls it away from the person's head, revealing-
-CASEY.
Her face is pale and stained with blood. Her eyes look dead. Her ginger hair, which was normally always in a ponytail, is wild. Strands of it fall into her face. She stares silently at Logan.
As he stares at her, her face changes. Now, instead of Casey staring at him, it's James. His blonde hair is messy, his eyes dead, just like Casey's. A giant stab wound can be seen on the side of his neck. Blood runs from the wound.
Logan backs away, terrified at what his eyes are showing him. He is sweating a lot at this point, and is starting to turn pale.
James takes a step towards him, bringing the knife down into his chest. As James does this, the face changes from his to Natalie's. Her face looks much the same as the others.
Logan gasps in pain, staring down at the blade sticking out of his chest. Blood seeps from the wound, staining his shirt. He looks back up at his killer, seeing that the face has changed again. This time to the face of Mr. Sallee. Or, what's left of his face.
Basically it's just a giant bloody mess. He pulls the blade from Logan's chest. Logan puts a hand over the wound, falling to the ground.
Suddenly, Logan jumps up, screaming, back in his own house. He's in the living room. He looks around, noticing that Friends is still playing on the TV. Slowly, he sits down on the edge of the couch, noticing that an empty plate and a can of Mtn. Dew
Seth comes running into the room. He looks very concerned and scared.
SETH
Are you ok?
Logan looks at his little brother. He can't help but smile when he notices that Seth's hair is sticking up and out at crazy angles. Logan motions for Seth to come over to him. Seth obliges, sitting down on the couch next to his big brother. Logan ruffles his hair.
LOGAN
Yeah. bud, I'm fine. Just had a bad dream is all.
Seth decides that since his brother has admitted he is okay, he can go back to his room now and continue playing with his action figures. Once he hears the door slam shut, Logan gets up, picking up the plate and the empty soda can.
INT. FIELDS RESIDENCE- KITCHEN
Logan walks into the kitchen, throwing the plate and can into the trash can. He walks over to the fridge and pours himself a glass of milk. He downs the whole glass in one go. After discarding the glass in the sink, he looks over at the clock on the microwave. In green digital letters, the time reads four pm. His mom was supposed to work one to seven at the diner, then be home by eight. If he decided to go to Whitney's he'd be able to leave just past eight.
INT. FIELDS RESIDENCE- BATHROOM
The teenager walks into the bathroom. He stands in front of the sink, turning the faucet on and splashing cold water on his face. The dream had seemed so real. As he turns the faucet off, he looks into the mirror and jumps as he sees Casey standing in the hallway. He turns to face the hallway, but Casey is no longer there. He looks back into the mirror, seeing nothing. He sighs, rubbing his eyes.
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EXT. FOOD TOWN- LOCAL GROCERY STORE
Whitney pulls into the parking lot. Summer is in the passenger seat.
SUMMER
Honestly, I can't believe you chickened out of going to see Joey.
Whitney takes her eyes off of the lot for a second, giving Summer a very upset look.
WHITNEY
You really thought I was gonna go after everything I went through this morning? I'm kind of traumatized right now. I doubt my game would be any good at the moment.
SUMMER
So you'll make a move tonight?
WHITNEY
We'll see.
Whitney moves up and down the aisles, trying to find a parking space. She finally settles on one near the bottom row. Summer complains the whole way up to the store about Whitney parking so far away.
INT. FOOD TOWN
As they enter through the sliding doors, they are greeted by an elderly man sporting the employee's red polo shirt and khaki pants. His name badge reads "Tommy". Whitney smiles and returns his greeting, but Summer simply walks past him, grabbing a buggy.
As they enter the store, they head down the first aisle, passing a display of organic food. They head to the candy section. Whitney tosses a package of Oreos into the buggy while Summer grabs a large bag of sour patch kids.
WHITNEY
So, what all do we need for this gathering?
SUMMER
Well, Josh was going to check in with his brother and see if he could get us some alcohol. So we don't have to worry about that.
Whitney looks shocked at the words that have just came out of her best friends' mouth. Summer looks at Whitney, smirking.
SUMMER
Don't act like you didn't know that we were gonna have alcohol.
WHITNEY
We are NOT having alcohol! That's a rule breaker right there!
Summer takes a moment to realize what Whitney is talking about. When she does realize, she laughs like Whitney is stupid.
SUMMER
You really think that we have to play by those rules? Oh, come on, this isn't a horror movie. We'll be fine.
WHITNEY
You'll be sorry when the killer shows up and murders you.
Whitney pushes the buggy down an aisle, leaving Summer standing in the candy section. Summer rolls her eyes before following her friend down the aisle.
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INT. MORGUE
John and Michelle stand in the morgue along with the medical examiner and Jason Sallee's corpse. The room is dim lit and completely sterile. The examiner, a woman in her 50s with black curly hair, is bent over Jason's body. The body is covered from torso to knees with a white sheet. The skin of his body is as pale as a ghost. From the nose up, his face is just a bloody pulp.
MICHELLE
We were hoping maybe you'd find some kind of clue on him. The killer has left a message of some sort at every crime scene so far. We didn't find anything at the school, so we're hoping maybe something will show up on him.
The examiner leans over the body still, not saying a word. Michelle waits for a response, finally giving up and looking over to John, who just shrugs. After a few minutes, the examiner grunts, sticking her gloved hand into Jason's mouth.
John and Michelle both step up behind her, watching as she pulls a crumpled up sheet from his mouth. She begins to unfold it, then holds it up for the officers to see.
As they look at it, they both scrunch their faces up in confusion.
It's a white sheet of paper with red writing. The writing is kind of smeared from where it was in the teacher's mouth, but it is still readable.
It reads: "the missing piece of the puzzle: JohN I Can't Keep giving you so many clues. PlAy a Little MorE aggRessively"
[Soundtrack trills]
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INT. FOOD TOWN- REGISTERS
Whitney and Summer stand in the check-out line. They have two full buggies. One is chips, popcorn, and candy. The other is full of chicken, hamburgers, buns, and condiments, vegetable trays, and a cheese tray. Summer had insisted that they needed all of this food because "you never know how hungry we'll get". Whitney had decided to let her go ahead with this plan, on the condition that she pay over half of the bill.
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INT. MORGUE
John and Michelle read the note again and again.
JOHN
The missing piece of the puzzle. John, I can't keep giving you so many clues. Play a little more aggressively. Bad grammar. Bad spelling. What is going on here?
Michelle and the medical examiner give each other a look.
MICHELLE
Well, obviously it has to mean something. The killer has left notes at the other scenes too. All of them have went back to the accident on October 23rd, 2005. This must have something to do with that too.
All three of them look at the note. Michelle is thinking hard, her face scrunched up. Suddenly, her mouth opens in an o of excitement. She grabs the note from John's hand and lies it down on the examiner's tool tray. She pulls a ballpoint pen from her pocket and begins to scribble on the paper.
When she is done, she holds up the paper for John and the medical examiner to see. She has underlined all of the capitalized letters. At the bottom she has written out what it spells.
Nick Palmer.
[Soundtrack thuds]
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-hours have passed-
INT. FIELDS RESIDENCE- NIGHT
It's just after eight. Dianne is lying on the couch in the den, fast asleep. She had a long hard day at the diner. Seth is in his room, playing a video game.
In his bedroom, Logan has just changed clothes. He wears a black Halestorm t-shirt and black jeans. He laces up his converse shoes, and slowly opens his bedroom door. He slowly creeps down the hall, through the living room, into the kitchen, past the den, and out the back door.
EXT. FIELDS RESIDENCE- NIGHT
Logan slowly makes his way across the back yard, careful to stay out of view of the cop car parked out front. When he makes it behind the barn, he breaks into a run. He stops when his phone goes off. A text from Whitney.
"You'll never believe what Josh freaking did. GET. HERE. NOW." That's the message from Whitney. Logan reads it, then quickly shoves the phone back into his pocket. He makes it to the end of the Fields property, which is marked off by a barbed-wire fence. He carefully crawls under it, careful not to get caught up by it.
As he makes it to the other side, a maroon Ford Focus pulls up on the road. Logan quickly makes his way down to the vehicle, getting into the backseat.
The vehicle turns around and drives off into the night.
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INT. WILSON RESIDENCE- LIVING ROOM
Whitney stands in the living room, her arms folded across her chest. Music blares loudly in the back ground. The room is full of teens. The whole house is full of teens. All of them have alcohol. She glares at Josh, who is standing with a bunch of guys, chugging beer from a funnel.
Summer bumps into Whitney's shoulder. She's already drunk. Whitney turns her glare onto her best friend.
WHITNEY
What the hell is this?
SUMMER
(Slurred) Oh common Whitty, pawtys ah fuuunnnn.
Whitney rolls her eyes. She knows that this is going to be a disaster. It was supposed to be a small gathering of friends to stay safe from the killer. Not a huge party for the whole high school. The house will be destroyed when all of this is over and done with. She vows to kick Josh's ass later.